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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9225 

To direct the Attorney General to establish a single grant program to make 

grants to hire prosecutors, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2024 

Mr. PANETTA (for himself, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. BACON, Mr. 

GOTTHEIMER, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. 

SHERRILL, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, 

Mr. JACKSON of North Carolina, and Mr. CISCOMANI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To direct the Attorney General to establish a single grant 

program to make grants to hire prosecutors, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping Improve Re5 cruitment and Retention Efforts for Prosecutors Act of 

6 2024’’ or as the ‘‘HIRRE Prosecutors Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FOR PROSECUTORS. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

3 the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 

4 shall establish a program (in this Act referred to as the 

5 ‘‘Program’’) to assist a State, territory, unit of local gov6 ernment, or tribal government in hiring prosecutors. 

7 (b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the Pro8 gram, the Attorney General may award a grant on a com9 petitive basis in accordance with this section. 

10 (c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—The Attorney General 

11 may award a grant under the Program each year to a 

12 prosecutor’s office of a State, territory, unit of local gov13 ernment, or tribal government that submits an application 

14 pursuant to subsection (d). 

15 (d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 

16 the Program, an eligible recipient shall submit to the At17 torney General an application in such form, at such time, 

18 and containing such information as the Attorney General 

19 determines to be appropriate. 

20 (e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Grant funds awarded 

21 under the Program may only be used to hire, retain, and 

22 train prosecutors or support staff for a prosecutor’s office 

23 of a State, territory, unit of local government, or tribal 

24 government. 


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1 (f) USE OF COMPONENTS.—The Attorney General 

2 may use any component of the Department of Justice in 

3 carrying out this section. 

4 (g) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICA5 TIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS.—In awarding grants under 

6 this section, the Attorney General may give preferential 

7 consideration to an application— 

8 (1) to hire and train new prosecutors or sup9 port staff for a prosecutor’s office of a State, terri10 tory, unit of local government, or tribal government; 

11 and 

12 (2) to rehire prosecutors who have been laid off 

13 as a result of State, territory, unit of local govern14 ment, or tribal government budget reductions; and 

15 (3) from a jurisdiction representing a tribal, re16 mote, or rural area, as defined in section 40002(a) 

17 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 

18 U.S.C. 12291(a)). 

19 (h) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

20 (1) FEDERAL SHARE.— The Federal share of 

21 the cost of a project assisted with a grant under the 

22 Program shall not exceed 75 percent. 

23 (2) WAIVER.—The Attorney General may waive 

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1 er is equitable in view of the financial circumstances 

2 affecting the ability of the eligible recipient to meet 

3 that requirement. 

4 (3) NONSUPPLANTING REQUIREMENT.—Funds 

5 made available under the Program shall not be used 

6 to supplant State or local funds, or, in the case of 

7 Indian tribal governments, funds awarded by the 

8 Bureau of Indian Affairs, but shall be used to in9 crease the amount of funds that would, in the ab10 sence of Federal funds received under the Program, 

11 be made available from State or local sources, or in 

12 the case of Indian tribal governments, from funds 

13 supplied by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

14 (4) NON-FEDERAL COSTS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—A State or unit of local 

16 or tribal government may use assets received 

17 through the assets forfeiture equitable sharing 

18 program. 

19 (B) INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.— 

20 Funds appropriated by Congress for the activi21 ties of any agency of an Indian tribal govern22 ment or the Bureau of Indian Affairs per23 forming prosecutorial functions on any Indian 

24 lands may be used to provide the non-Federal 


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1 share of the cost of programs or projects fund2 ed under this section. 

3 (i) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.— 

4 (1) MONITORING COMPONENTS.—Each project 

5 funded by a grant under the Program shall contain 

6 a monitoring component, including the systematic 

7 identification and collection of data about activities, 

8 accomplishments, and programs undertaken pursu9 ant to the Program. 

10 (2) EVALUATION COMPONENTS.—The Attorney 

11 General shall evaluate each project funded by a 

12 grant under the Program, individually or as part of 

13 a national evaluation. 

14 (3) PERIODIC REVIEW AND REPORTS.—The At15 torney General may require a project funded under 

16 the Program to submit to the Attorney General the 

17 results of the monitoring component and evaluation 

18 under paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, as well 

19 as any other information as the Attorney General 

20 deems necessary. 

21 (4) REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUND22 ING.—If the Attorney General determines, as a re23 sult of evaluation under this subsection, or other24 wise, that a grant under the Program is not in sub25 stantial compliance with the terms and requirements 


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1 of the Program, the Attorney General may revoke or 

2 suspend funding of that grant, in whole or in part. 

3 (j) GENERAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Attor4 ney General may promulgate regulations and guidelines 

5 to carry out this section. 

6 (k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Pro8 gram $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2025 

9 through 2029. 

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